A fugitive from Florida is waiting to be extradited after being arrested by Bergen County police on Thursday.File photo

TETERBORO — A fugitive wanted by authorities in Florida is waiting to be extradited after being arrested by Bergen County police.

Officer Thomas Mucci was on patrol in Teterboro Thursday morning at around 8 a.m. when he spotted a blue Ford van with commercial plates traveling on Route 46.

The van lacked the required company name on its exterior, and Mucci stopped it as it attempted to take a ramp onto Route 17 North.

The driver, Michael Mendez, presented a New York driver's license, though Mucci later determined that he was currently living in Wood-Ridge, according to Lt. James Mullin.

A subsequent search of Mendez's record found that he was wanted by authorities in Osceola County, Fla. for grand theft and trafficking stolen property.

Mendez was arrested without incident and taken to the Bergen County Jail to await extradition, Mullin said.

This is the second arrest of a wanted man by Bergen County police this week. Just an hour earlier on Thursday, police caught up to Alfonso Bowen, who had escaped from a Newark halfway house on March 15.